Article and method for the manufacture of fur garments



J. J. KEYSER Aug. 31, 1954 ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FUR GARMENTS Filed Oct. 25, 1950 NGE R O T N w m KEYSER JOHANN JACOB Patented Aug. 31, 1954 -A RTIoLE AND METHOD FOR THE MANU- FACTURE F FUR GARMENTS n Johann Jacob Keyser, Aarau, Switzerland Application'0ctober25, 1950, SerialNo. 192,135

Claims. priority, application Germany April 15, 1950 2 Claims. (01. 2-65) The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of fur garments and the product thereof.

Fur garments serve their purpose of retaining the body temperature best, if the insulating air layer becomes efiective immediately on the surface of the body. Certain garments such as coats or Waistcoats therefore are often given an inside lining of fur to bring the insulating layer as close to the skin as possible.

For the protection of particularly sensitive parts of the body such as the neck and the feet there has, heretofore, been no suitable garment available which is capable of insuring the retainment of the body heat in the sense described above. Fur collars and scarves for clothing the neck are known, but they are fashioned more from aesthetic points of view or to satisfy fancy requirements and are unsuitable to protect the surface of the body at the neck in a physiologically favorable manner. The known scarves and collars therefore always have the fur on the outside, whereas on the inside they are provided with a cloth lining.

Fur boots are known as cold weather protection for the feet but they have the disadvantage that the fur cannot be properly cleaned 'and aired and that the fur once wet takes a very long time to dry. Furthermore, since the leather of the boots is hard, the putting on and taking off of the boots causes the fur to be rubbed ofi at certain areas in a relatively short time.

The present invention has as its object the fashioning of fur garments which can be worn directly on the skin, but which, nevertheless, can be easily cleaned and the manufacture of which can take place in a simple manner.

According to the present invention the manufacture of such fur garments takes place in such a manner that first of all the prepared furs are brought into a tubular shape, then are moistened on the leather side and subsequently with the leather side turned towards the inside dried on a form corresponding to their future use, whereupon the dried structure is drawn off the form and is then finished.

For the manufacture of fur scarves the tubular shape is made up of at least one strip of fur which with the leather side turned outwardly is sewn together along the longitudinal edges and along one of the narrow edges, whereupon the so fashioned tube open at one end is moistened on the leather side, turned inside out and drawn over a thin tensioning form and dried thereupon, after which the dry tube is drawn off the form and the narrow open edge is sewn together so that the scarf will be, ready for use. j

For the manufacture of fur socks or stockings the tubular shape is sewn together from three fur parts out to a pattern for the sole, the front blade and the heel with the calf with the leather side towards the outside, moistened on this side and, afterturning the outside in, is drawn on to. a foot and leg form respectively and driedthereupon, whereupon the leg garment is drawn off the form, turned again and hemmed along the entry opening. 7

' To make the foot garment moistureproof, said foot garment after having been dried, drawn ofi the form and turned so that the leather side is inside, is once again placed on the form with the leather side turned outwardly and is coated with a thin layer of varnish-preferably cellulose varnish-on the toe, the sole and the heel, after drying is drawn off the form and then hemmed along the entry opening.

For the manufacture of fur garments according to the invention, chromed lambskins of the finest and thinnest type, so-called Montevideo lamb, are used as raw material. These are thin lamb skins with very fine kinky curls as they are typical with newborn lambs.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

. Figure 1 illustrates a sock according to the invention.

Figures 2, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d illustrate skin sections for making up the sock according to Figure 1.

In order to prepare fur socks or stockings according to the present invention, the parts required for the manufacture of the fur sock or stocking such as the calf sections 2, 3, the sole section 6 and the instep sections 4, 5 are cut to pattern from lambskins of the finest and thinnest type such as Montevideo lamb, after they have been prepared and chromed for fur-working. These parts are then sewn together with a fursewing machine to form the sock illustrated in Fig. 1.

The sock or stocking is then slightly moistened with clean water on its leather side and with the leather side towards the inside is drawn over a wooden foot and leg formrespectively and left to dry.

Then the dry sock or stocking is drawn off the wooden form, is turned and is once more drawn over the wooden form with the leather side facing outwardly. Now the toe, the sole and the skin scarf. More specifically, from lambskin of the type mentioned above, a doubleesided gentlemens or lady's scarf is produced according to pattern in a furriers manner and is sewn together on the leather side all along the two longitudinal edges and one of the narrow edgeswith a, fur.-

sewing machine, the other of said narrow edges remaining open.

Then the two leather sides are slightly moistened with clean water, whereupon the scarf is turned so that the hairy side faces outwardly. Now the scarf is drawn over a thin tension board of about 3 to 5 mm. thickness and corresponding to the desired size of thescarf to be produced and left to dry.

After drying, the scarf is taken from the tension board and finishedfor use by sewing up the still open narrow edge.

Instead of sewing the scarf tube together from two strips of fur, a single strip folded along its center line and sewn together along the two longitudinal edges and one of the narrow edges can be used as the initial material.

Fur garments produced by the method according to the present invention fulfill the demands made upon them as regards heat retention directly on the surface of the body, are easily manufactured and easily cleaned.

What I claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A method of making fur socks adapted to be worn directly on the human skin, which includes the steps of: cutting to a pattern from fur covered lamb skin a sole section, a front blade section, and a combinedheel-calf section; sewing the said sections together; moistening the leather side of the thus created sock; drawing said sock with the leather side toward the inside over a foot andleg form; allowing said sock to dry on said form; taking said sock off said form and turning the leather side outwardly; and spraying the toe, sole, and heel portion of said sock withafinevarnish as a protection against foot sweat and moisture.

2'. As a new article of manufacture, a washable sock consisting of a single skin layer which latter includes a plurality of wool covered lamb skin sections comprising a sole portion, a front blade portion, and a heel and calf portion, said portions being sewed together, the wool side of said portions forming the inside of said sock and the leather side forming the outside of said sock, said sock being pliable so as to allow selectively to turn the inside of said sock outwardly and vice versa.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 260,554 Feick' July 4, 1882 566,642 Wilhelm Aug. 25, 1896 1,651,436 Billet et al Dec. 6, 1927 1,663,376 Koller Mar. 20, 1928 1,746,459 Brady Feb. 11, 1930 1,802,634 Dreyfus Apr. 28, 1931 2,470,111 Rubisson May 1'7, 1949 

